Online Barbu Ladder

Submitting results

Ladder results should be sent to online.barbu.results@virgin.net. Emails to this address are processed automatically by a piece of software, so please don’t send any other correspondence to this address.

The results should be provided in the same form as the play records produced by the program (“File” then “Save Hand records”), but with full names, abbreviations or aliases in place of the "handles" used during the game. For an explanation of the rules for abbreviations, and a list of aliases, please click here:

Player naming and current alias list

More information

How the rating system works

Credits

Many people have been contributed to the creation of the ranking system. However, special thanks are due to:

· Gerben Dirksen, for having the idea, devising the original formula, writing the first program to calculate ratings, administering it for most of the first year, and providing useful advice and mathematical assistance ever since.

· Graham Hazel, without whose software none of it would have been possible.

Steve Altus, David Beer, Lew Stansby, Neil Trentham and Giles Woodruff, for providing advice and comments.

This month

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Halls of Shame & Fame

Game data

This year

Ladder

Zester and Apple Core Ladder

Halls of Shame & Fame

Previous ladders

January 2004—December 2009

Previous game data

January 2003—December 2009

Barbu Heroes

Largest number of ladder wins

Neil Trentham (14)

All time highest scorer

Kit Woolsey (+653)

Highest score on a single deal

Kit Woolsey: +275 at Dominoes, subsequently equalled by Jon Rice

Winners, 2003-9

2009 ladder: Mike Rice

2009 “Zester”: Doron Limor

2009 “Apple core”: Michael Wilkinson

2008 ladder: John Therkelsen

2008 “Zester”: Ben Handley-Pritchard

2008 “Apple core”: Fabio Lo Presti

2007 ladder: Mike Rice

2007 “Zester”: Martin Garvey

2007 “Apple core”: Tony Nunn

2006 ladder: Francesco Mazzadi

2006 “Zester”: Martin Garvey

2006 “Apple core”: David Grainger

2005 ladder: Jérome Rombaut

2005 “Zester”: Martin Garvey

2005 “Apple core”: Jérome Rombaut

2004 ladder: Joel Wooldridge

2004 “Zester”: Neil Trentham

2004 “Apple core”: Joel Wooldridge

2003 ladder: JoAnna Stansby

Monthly/bimonthly/quarterly ladders: David Adler, Neil Allerton (twice), Steve Altus (twice), Giovanni Bobbio, Chris Dixon (twice), Fabrizio Farnesi, Martin Garvey (five times), Ben Handley-Pritchard (twice), Graham Hazel, Anne Jackson, Doron Limor (five times), Francesco Mazzadi (twice), Joon Pahk, Armando Pontecorvo (three times), Richard Probst, Jérome Rombaut (twice), Jon Rice, Mike Rice (six times), JoAnna Stansby (twice), Lew Stansby (three times), John Therkelsen (five times), Laura Tidone (twice), Neil Trentham (fourteen times), Willie Whitaker (six times), Philip Wood, Kit Woolsey (twice)

Ladder, December 2009

This competition finished at midnight (UK time) on 31st December 2009. Congratulations to Neil Trentham.

Pos		Name	Rating	Current playing strength	Games	Wins	Avg. score	Highest score	Lowest score	Positive scores	Rating (old method)
1		Neil Trentham	1073.4	35.0	21	33%	100	409	-183	81%	1085.1
2		Doron Limor	1049.3	43.5	66	41%	68	390	-262	71%	1049.3
3		Sally Woolsey	1035.9	-14.7	16	25%	40	235	-111	50%	1048.3
4		Michael Wilkinson	1024.8	-21.5	14	43%	36	228	-309	71%	1036.5
5		Willie Whitaker	1017.3	25.8	26	38%	37	268	-341	65%	1018.6
6		Carlo Fogaroli	1015.9	-40.6	8	38%	25	245	-206	50%	1037.0
-		Martin Garvey	1015.8	10.9	3	33%	106	257	-72	67%	1094.2
7		Kit Woolsey	1015.1	20.9	9	33%	26	248	-230	44%	1031.7
-		Guy Campbell	1013.1	-26.2	2	0%	116	207	24	100%	1116.6
8		Fabio Lo Presti	1013.1	28.6	21	19%	17	235	-173	52%	1015.2
-		Mike Rice	1006.3	38.3	3	0%	24	207	-89	33%	1037.6
-		Lew Stansby	1004.8	15.8	3	33%	28	96	-76	67%	1028.6
9		Laura de Laurentiis	1003.6	-11.0	12	25%	19	303	-170	42%	1006.0
-		Andy Bowles	1001.0	-3.8	1	0%	6	6	6	100%	1016.9
10		Joan Clark	1000.1	-12.6	27	30%	19	288	-409	56%	1000.1
-		Jon Rice	999.6	8.1	1	0%	-46	-46	-46	0%	993.7
-		Shireen Mohandes	999.2	-52.6	2	0%	-6	44	-55	50%	993.3
11		Cheryl Frizzell	998.8	-28.2	58	24%	7	351	-288	55%	998.8
-		Nicholas Cheung	994.3	-63.4	1	0%	-67	-67	-67	0%	899.3
12		Laura Tidone	992.2	-11.3	6	17%	-34	170	-199	50%	976.3
13		Ben Handley-Pritchard	987.0	29.9	4	0%	-61	-34	-125	0%	941.6
-		Armando Pontecorvo	986.5	-2.9	2	0%	-144	-53	-234	0%	880.1
14		Anne Jackson	975.1	-17.5	23	9%	-26	246	-296	39%	972.2
-		Alex Werner	967.3	-76.3	3	0%	-186	-36	-474	0%	805.2
15		Chris Dixon	946.7	7.5	9	11%	-104	207	-470	33%	887.9
16		JoAnna Stansby	943.8	5.0	9	22%	-116	175	-391	33%	881.8
17		Doris Denny	933.4	-109.0	8	0%	-113	187	-331	25%	844.5
18		Leonardo Cima	862.4	-91.6	18	0%	-179	212	-527	6%	827.4
19		Mac Argo	834.7	-144.2	16	6%	-201	98	-778	25%	777.2

Hall of Fame, December 2009

Highest scores achieved over the period:

	Name	Result
	Neil Trentham	409
	Doron Limor	390
	Neil Trentham	375
	Cheryl Frizzell	351
	Neil Trentham	323

Hall of Shame, December 2009

Lowest scores over the period:

	Name	Result
	Mac Argo	-778
	Mac Argo	-604
	Leonardo Cima	-527
	Alex Werner	-474
	Chris Dixon	-470